The world is full of uncertainty right now, if you are a Disabled person help can still be available to you.
Advice for those on Direct Payments
- Disability Rights UK (DRUK) = Tel: 0330 995 0404 or email independentliving@disabilityrightsuk.org
- WECIL = Tel. 0117 947 9933 or email: dpsupport@wecil.co.uk
General advice:
- Bristol Law Centre (benefits advice and Tackling Discrimination Service) https://www.bristollawcentre.org.uk/ Tel. 0117 924 8662
- WECIL = https://www.wecil.co.uk/support-info/disabled-peoples-helpline/ Tel. 0117 947 9922 or email: disabledpeopleshelpline@wecil.co.uk
- Disability Rights UK: https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/
- For advice regarding discrimination – Tel. 0808 800 0082 Textphone: 0808 800 0084 Website: www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/
Hi there,
Sorry if I’m not writing to the right place but I have a query I was hoping maybe you could help me with. My sister has recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. We did her application for DLA but she said they got back to her and rejected her application because she hasn’t paid enough tax (over her lifetime). Could this be right? She often gets confused and forgetful because of her condition and I can’t seem to find anything online about this. Any advice you could give me would be greatly appreciated.
All the best,
Mollie
Hi Mollie,
Thanks for your comment. I’m not very knowledgeable on this myself but if you could email me with this message, I can them forward it on to one of my colleagues or my manager who may know the answer to this. My email is bristoldef@gmail.com.
Many thanks,
Bethany (Forum Administrator and Communications Officer)